Dave Eggers

Johannes no tiene dueño. Es un perro libre que recorre a toda velocidad un parque urbano junto al mar, donde cumple con una misión sagrada: ser los Ojos. Desde el amanecer hasta la noche, observa todo cuanto ocurre y reporta sus hallazgos a los sabios ancianos del bosque, tres bisontes que se aseguran de que el equilibrio se mantenga.No esta solo. Junto a el, una gaviota, un mapache, una ardilla y un pelicano forman una pequeña comunidad de observadores atentos, dedicados a vigilar a los humanos y a las demas criaturas que comparten el parque. Todo parece estar en armonia... hasta que algo cambia.Llegan mas humanos. Algunos traen consigo desorden y ruido. Se alza un nuevo edificio, brillante y extraño, con hipnoticos rectangulos que parecen ver mas de lo que muestran. Y entonces, sin previo aviso, aparece un barco. Un barco lleno de cabras. Y con el, una revelacion inesperada que pondra a prueba todo lo que Johannes creia saber.Una fabula luminosa sobre la libertad, la amistad, la belleza del mundo... y el arte de correr muy, muy rapido.

Una novela siniestramente verosímil sobre los peligros de la era digital. El día que Mae Holland es contratada para trabajar en el Círculo, la empresa de internet más influyente del mundo, sabe que se le ha concedido la oportunidad de su vida. A traves de un innovador sistema operativo, el Circulo unifica direcciones de email, perfiles de redes sociales, operaciones bancarias y contraseñas de usuarios dando lugar a una unica identidad virtual y veraz, en pos de una nueva era de civilidad y transparencia. Mae esta entusiasmada con la modernidad y la actividad de la compañia, las espaciosas oficinas de diseño, las cafeterias acristaladas y las acogedoras instalaciones del campus. Cada dia se celebran fiestas, conciertos al aire libre y actividades deportivas. Hay clubs de todo tipo, e incluso puede visitarse un exclusivo acuario de peces exoticos de la fosa de las Marianas. Mae se siente afortunada de formar parte del centro del mundo, a pesar de que se aleje cada vez mas de su vida fuera del campus y de que su rol dentro del Circulo acabe siendo del dominio publico. Lo que empieza como la fascinante historia de ambicion e idealismo de una mujer se convierte en una trepidante novela de suspense que plantea cuestiones tan vitales como la memoria, el pasado, la privacidad, la democracia y los limites del conocimiento humano.Reseñas:Eggers ha puesto su estilo y su pulso narrativo al servicio del tecnothriller: un escritura energica y eficaz.Time Una parabola sobre los peligros de la era digital. Eggers nos recuerda como la utopia digital puede conducir a la "dataficacion" de nuestra vida diaria, como la creencia en la sabiduria de la mayoria puede hundirnos enel decreto de las masas, como abrazar la idea de comunidad puede llevarnos a la anulacion del individuo.The New York Times El Circulo es una habil y moderna sintesis de ingenio swiftiano y pronosticacion orwelliana [...], un trabajo tan relacionado con nuestro tiempoque podria ser considerado la observacion satirica mas acertada del principio de la era de internet.The Guardian Fascinante [...]. Eggers consigue que nos suba la adrenalina [...]. Una novela de ideas [...]. Puro entretenimiento, pero del estimulante.Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books La mayoria nos imaginamos el totalitarismo como algo que se impone, pero ¿y si fueramos los complices en nuestra propia opresion? Este es el escenario de la ambiciosa, aterrorizante y siniestramente verosimil nueva novela de Eggers [...]. Las comparaciones con Un mundo feliz y 1984 seran inevitables.Booklist Ambientada, valiente y audazmente, en un futuro no muy lejano, la novela es en parte satira y en parte thriller corporativo. Perosobre todo es una historia que nos alerta sobre las amenazas contra la privacidad, la libertad y la democracia.USA Today

Una novela siniestramente verosímil sobre los peligros de la era digital. El día que Mae Holland es contratada para trabajar en el Círculo, la empresa de internet más influyente del mundo, sabe que se le ha concedido la oportunidad de su vida. A traves de un innovador sistema operativo, el Circulo unifica direcciones de email, perfiles de redes sociales, operaciones bancarias y contraseñas de usuarios dando lugar a una unica identidad virtual y veraz, en pos de una nueva era de civilidad y transparencia. Mae esta entusiasmada con la modernidad y la actividad de la compañia, las espaciosas oficinas de diseño, las cafeterias acristaladas y las acogedoras instalaciones del campus. Cada dia se celebran fiestas, conciertos al aire libre y actividades deportivas. Hay clubs de todo tipo, e incluso puede visitarse un exclusivo acuario de peces exoticos de la fosa de las Marianas. Mae se siente afortunada de formar parte del centro del mundo, a pesar de que se aleje cada vez mas de su vida fuera del campus y de que su rol dentro del Circulo acabe siendo del dominio publico. Lo que empieza como la fascinante historia de ambicion e idealismo de una mujer se convierte en una trepidante novela de suspense que plantea cuestiones tan vitales como la memoria, el pasado, la privacidad, la democracia y los limites del conocimiento humano.Reseñas:Eggers ha puesto su estilo y su pulso narrativo al servicio del tecnothriller: un escritura energica y eficaz.Time Una parabola sobre los peligros de la era digital. Eggers nos recuerda como la utopia digital puede conducir a la "dataficacion" de nuestra vida diaria, como la creencia en la sabiduria de la mayoria puede hundirnos enel decreto de las masas, como abrazar la idea de comunidad puede llevarnos a la anulacion del individuo.The New York Times El Circulo es una habil y moderna sintesis de ingenio swiftiano y pronosticacion orwelliana [...], un trabajo tan relacionado con nuestro tiempoque podria ser considerado la observacion satirica mas acertada del principio de la era de internet.The Guardian Fascinante [...]. Eggers consigue que nos suba la adrenalina [...]. Una novela de ideas [...]. Puro entretenimiento, pero del estimulante.Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books La mayoria nos imaginamos el totalitarismo como algo que se impone, pero ¿y si fueramos los complices en nuestra propia opresion? Este es el escenario de la ambiciosa, aterrorizante y siniestramente verosimil nueva novela de Eggers [...]. Las comparaciones con Un mundo feliz y 1984 seran inevitables.Booklist Ambientada, valiente y audazmente, en un futuro no muy lejano, la novela es en parte satira y en parte thriller corporativo. Perosobre todo es una historia que nos alerta sobre las amenazas contra la privacidad, la libertad y la democracia.USA Today

En una ciutat emergent de l'Aràbia Saudita, l'executiu Alan Clay s'aferra a una última oportunitat d'evitar que l'embarguin, de pagar la matrícula de la seva filla i, finalment, d'assolir alguna cosa

When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public ...

In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter''s college tuition, and finally do something great. In A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy''s gale-force winds. This taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel is a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment - and a moving story of how we got here.

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In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn't recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at the chain. But the ocean is close by, and nobody can hear him over the waves and wind. Thomas apologizes. He didn't want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation, and Kev didn't answer his messages. And now, if Kev can just stop yelling, Thomas has a few questions.

From Dave Eggers, best-selling author of The Circle, a tightly controlled, emotionally searching novel. Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? is the formally daring, brilliantly executed story of one man struggling to make sense of his country, seeking answers the only way he knows how.In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn''t recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at his chain. But the ocean is close by, and nobody can hear him over the waves and wind. Thomas apologizes. He didn''t want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation, and Kev didn''t answer his messages. And now, if Kev can just stop yelling, Thomas has a few questions.

The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the worlds most powerful internet company, she feels shes been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the companys modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae cant believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the worldeven as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one womans ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.

For almost twenty years, Dave Eggers has been travelling widely and chronicling his interactions with the countries and people he has encountered during his journey across continents. "Visitants" is his first collection of travel writing, one that spans his entire career and includes pieces on Sudan, China and a dozen other destinations. The book begins at 140kph, with Eggers being driven across the deserts of Saudi Arabia by a hired driver who declares, "American, boom boom!". This opening sets the stage for the collection's vast cultural scope and ever-present sense of adventure, inquisitiveness and daring. From Saudi Arabia, Eggers takes us further on caterwauling sojourns in the likes of Cuba and Thailand, followed by brief stopovers in Croatia and Syria, and thought-provoking, meditative expositions on South Sudan, expanding on issues explored in his previous books. Globetrotters and Eggers fans alike will find a faithful companion in his unique combination of humour, humanism and empathy.

Discover a stunning new children''s tale from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominated author of Heroes of the Frontier and What Is the What. When things fall down, who lifts them up? What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone but had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels, mere inches below you as you sit in class or eat a banana? What if it were up to just two kids to stop these forces? What would it feel like to know the fate of an entire town rested on your shoulders? Twelve-year-old Gran Flowerpetal is about to find out. When Gran''s friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway to underground, he knows that she is extraordinary and brave, and that he will have no choice but to follow her, and help her save the town (and the known world). With luck on their side, and some discarded hockey sticks for good measure, they might just emerge as heroes.

"McSweeney''s 27" comes to you as three separate books in a windowed slipcase, presenting six possible faces to the world in order to best match your home decor. Book One plunges into the greyish, faintly understood area of the art world, involving oddly drawn objects coupled with uncertainly-spelled text. Book Two is a never-before-seen seventy-two page sketchbook by the legendary Art Spiegelman. Book Three collects new stories by Stephen King, Jim Shepard, and more.